吞 tūn

swallow; absorb, annex, engulf

HSK 6 #1797

DEFINITIONS

吞 tūn
  • to swallow
  • to take

STROKES

WORDS

大吞噬細胞 dà tūn shì xì bāo macrophage
小吞噬细胞 xiǎo tūn shì xì bāo microphage (a type of white blood cell)
小吞噬細胞 xiǎo tūn shì xì bāo microphage (a type of white blood cell)
巴吞鲁日 bā tūn lǔ rì Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana
巴吞魯日 bā tūn lǔ rì Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana
忍氣吞聲 rěn qì tūn shēng to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it
狼吞虎嚥 láng tūn hǔ yàn to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
獨吞 dú tūn to hog; to keep everything for oneself
生吞活剝 shēng tūn huó bō to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
私吞 sī tūn to misappropriate (public funds etc); to embezzle
云吞 yún tūn wonton
雲吞 yún tūn wonton
饮恨吞声 yǐn hèn tūn shēng to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)
飲恨吞聲 yǐn hèn tūn shēng to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)
吞了下去 tūn le xià qù swallowed it down; to consume or ingest quickly
吞吐量 tūn tǔ liàng throughput; volume of goods handled (e.g., in a port)
吞掉 tūn diào swallow up; to consume or engulf completely, often used metaphorically to describe absorbing or internalizing something, such as words or resources.
温吞 wēn tūn gentle and mild
吞下 tūn xià to swallow down; the action of swallowing something completely
气吞山河 qì tūn shān hé to dominate everything; to have an overwhelming presence
干吞 gān tūn to swallow something without drinking; eating or swallowing something without any liquid to help wash it down
吞下去 tūn xià qù swallow down; refers to the action of swallowing something, indicating a successful act of passing something from the mouth to the stomach
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